James Rubin
James Rubin
James Phillip "Jamie" Rubinis an American former diplomat and journalist. He writes a regular column on foreign affairs for the Sunday Times of London. He was Visiting Scholar 2013–14 at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. Having served in the State Department during the administration of President Bill Clinton, he became a Sky News television news journalist and commentator. He is married to the CNN correspondent and anchor Christiane Amanpour...
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People are dressed rather informally. It does appear that there is a better and more constructive and more pragmatic atmosphere to work on these problems than there had been in the past.
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I don't want to be in a position to discuss all the options, except to say that we of course would want the strongest possible action by the (Security) Council to back up the important work of the U.N. special commission.
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With respect to the security work plan we believe that the Palestinians have met their responsibilities. There are other issues that we're aware of that we're working on.
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We think it's appropriate to have ambassadors (there) to try to work with the governments involved, so that the decisions they take in the coming days and weeks will turn around the troublesome, dangerous trend that we've seen in recent weeks.
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The secretary is always hopeful but thinks significant gaps remain between the Israeli and Palestinian positions. She will work to overcome those gaps but at this time has no reason to believe we're in a position to bridge those gaps. She is nether optimistic nor pessimistic but believes the process cannot go on indefinitely.
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The work on Iraq, the work on the Middle East peace process and on the Asian financial crisis continues with no effect.
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The ball is not in the Palestinian court. The ball is in the court of the Israelis to try to work with the Palestinians and work with us to come to a second 'yes,'
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Clearly, both sides have a lot of work to do if we're going to get the peace process back on track.
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it is not beneficial for either side to take steps which make holding ... substantive cross-strait dialogue more difficult.
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is a trained diplomat. She's very even-tempered. She's doing what she can to get the peace process back on track.
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We do not consider this problem resolved. On the contrary, we continue to consult with NATO allies about next steps.
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We do not anticipate any changes in our relations. We view this as shuffling deck chairs.
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We received assurances at a variety of levels.
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We will react swiftly and firmly to any statements or actions suggesting sympathy with Nazi-era policies, or that express racism, xenophobia or anti-Semitism.